[3] Over the next two decades, Toyota Kirloskar Motor launched successful models like the Qualis, Innova, Fortuner and Corolla in India.
[5] He served as the President of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers[6] (SIAM) from 2013 to 2015.
[8] Vikram also served as the president of Automotive Research Association of India.
He was given the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) JRD Tata Award in 2020, in recognition of his excellence in corporate leadership in the metallurgical industries, at the National Metallurgists' Day Awards by the Government of India, Ministry of Steel & Mines.
[12] In March 2023, Vikram Kirloskar was posthumously conferred an honorary doctorate by Visvesvaraya Technological University.